Blood Meridian (band)
Blood Meridian | |
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| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Alternative country |
| Years active | 2004-2009 |
| Labels | Outside Music Elevation Recordings Teenage USA |
| Members | Matt Camirand Jeff Lee Shira Blustein Kevin Grant Joshua Wells |
Blood Meridian was a Canadian alternative country band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band consisted of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitarist Jeff Lee, keyboardist Shira Blustein, bassist Kevin Grant and drummer Joshua Wells. Camirand had been with The Black Halos, He and Wells were also members of Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops; Wells was a member of Lightning Dust as well. Lee had been with 3 Inches of Blood and Black Rice.
The band was named for Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West.